The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-26

they have nd method In their woEship:"
and the critics, therefore, In irony called
them "Methodists."
I am told that IN Ast@ Library, New
York, kept - curiosities, there are ssvea
hundred and seven books and pamphlets
against Aethodism. Did intolerance stop
that Church? No; it il either first or Soc
ond amid the determinations Of Christen-
dom, her missionary stations in all parts
Of the world, her men not only Important
in religious trusts, but important also in
secular trusts. Church marching On, and
tho moro intolerance against it, the faster
| IL marched.
| What did intolerance accomplish sgainst
the Baptist Church! II laughing, scorn
| and TRADE could have destroyed tho
Church, it would not have to-day . disci-
pie left.
The Baptists were hurled out of Boston
| in olden times. Those who sympathized
| with them were confined, and when q petit
tion was offered asking leniency in their
behalf, all the men who signed il were in.
dicted. Has intolerance stopped the Bap-
fist Churchf The last statistics in regard
to it showed about thirty thousand churches
and twenty-five hundred thousand COM
municants. Intolerance never put down
any thing.
In England law was made against tho
Jew. England thrust back the Jew and
thrust down the Jew, and declared that no
Jew should hold official position. What
came of it! Were the Jews destroyed?
Was their religion overthrown: No.
Who became Prime Minister Of En-
gland years ago? Who was next to
the thrones Who was higher than tho
throne because he was counselor and adj
wiser? The descendant Of q Jew. What
were we celebrating in all our churches ~
well as synagogue few years ago? Tho
Montefore, the great Jewish philanthro-
pist. Intolerance never yet put down any
thing.
But now, my friends, having shown
you the origin of bigotry or sectarianism,
and having shown you the damage il
does, want briefly to show you how we
think we ought to begin our war by real
iEing our own weakness and cur imper-
fections. five make so many mistakes in
the common affairs of life, is il not possi-
BILE that We make mistakes in regard to
our religious afYairsi Shall we take man
BY the throat or by the collar because
he can not see religious truths Just as We
dor In the light Of eternity n will b
found, think, there was something wrong
in all our crseds, and something right in
all our creeds. But since We may mako
mistakes in regard to things Of the world,
do not let N be eg0tistic and SO pulled up
a. 10 have an idea that We can not make
any mistake in regard to religious theories.
And then think We will do . great deal
to overthrow sectarianism from our heart,
and the sectarianism from the world, by
chiefly charging upon those things in
which We agree rather than those ON
which We differ.
Now, here IL great gospel platform. A
man comes up on this side of the platform
and says: 81 don't believe in
baby sprinkling." Shall shove him oRe
Here IL . man coming up on this
side the platform, and he says:
81 don't believe in the perseverance
Of the saints" Shall I shove him orr
No. will say: "Do you believe in the
Lord Jesus and your Saviours Do you
trust in him for time and eternity?" He
says, Eyes" "Do You take Christ for tune
and for eternityi" eyes" I say, "Come
on, brother; one in time and one in eter-
nitp; brother now, brother foreve:.n
Blessed b God for . Gospel platform so
large that all who receive Christ may
stand on i'll
think We may overthrow the severe
sectarianism and bigotry in our hearts,
and In the church also, by realizing that
all the denominations of Christians have
yielded noble institutions and noble mon.
There is nothing tfat 20 stirs my soul ~
this thought. One denomination yieldeda
Robert Hall and an Ad0niram Judson;
another yielded Latimer and Melville;
another yielded John Wesley and the
blessed Summerfeld, while our own
denominations yielded John Knox and the
of whom the world was
not worthy. Now, say if we are honest
and fair-minded men, when we come up in
the presence Of such churches and such de-
nominal ions, although they may be differ
ont from our own, we ought to admire them,
and We ought to love and honor them.
Churches which produce such men, and
such large-hearted charity, and such mag
nificent martyrdom, ought 10 win our affec-
tion-at any rate our respect. 80 come ON
ye 100000 Episcopalians in this country,
and ye S0O, 900 Presbyterians, and ye $780,
600 Baptists, and ye 8, $50 900 Aethodists-
come on, shoulder to shoulder we will
march for the worlds conquest; for all
nations are to b saved. and God demands
that you and help do it Forward, tho
whole line.
Moreover, We may also overthrow tho
feeling Of severe sectarianism by joining
other denominations in Christian work. I
like when the spring time GENES and she
anniversary occasions begin and all denom-
nations come upon the Same platform.
That overthrows sectarianism. In the
Young Mems Christian Association, in the
Bible Society, in the Tract Society, in the
Foreign Missionary Society, shoulder to
shoulder all denominations. Perhaps
by calling your attention to an incident
which took place fourteen or fifteen years
ago. Ono Monday morning, at about
dred passengers were sound asleep
in her berths dreaming of home,
the steamer Atlantic crashed into Mars
Head. Five hundred souls in ten minutes
landed in eternity! Oh, what . scenei
AgOn;zed men and women running up and
down the gangways and clutching for the
rigging, and the plunge Of the helpless
and the clapping Of the hands Of
the merciless sea over the drowning and
the dead, threw two continents into terror.
But see this brave quartermasser pushing
put with the lifeline until he gets to tho
rock; and see these fishermen gathering
NJ the shipwrecked, and taking them into
the cabins, and wrapping them in the fan
nels snug and warm; and see that minis
Ter Of the gospel, with three other men.
getting into life-boat and pushing out for
the wreck, pulling away across the surf,
and pulling away until they saved one
more man, and then getting back with him